Improvement in drop-boxes for pumps



A. McCARTY'.

DROP-BOX FOR PUMPS.

No. 173,318. Patented Feb. 8,1876

N. PETERS, PHOTO-LIYHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D .C

UNITE STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW MOGARTY, OF XENIA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN DROP-BOXES FOR PUMPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,318, dated February 8, 1876; application filed November 3, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW MCCARTY, of Xenia, in the county of Greene and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drop-Boxes for Pumps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked.

scribe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical section, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section of box A.

A represents the cylindrical drop-box, provided with suitable exterior packing a, and on the inside the box is formed with two vertically-grooved guides, b 1), directly opposite each other, said guides being formed with stops w m at their upper ends. B represents a circular plate, with screw 01 projecting upward from the center, on which screw a leather washer, O, is placed, forming thevalve, and

' said washer or valve isvheld down onto the plate B by a bail, D, screwed onto the screw d. From the lower side of the plate B project two wings, G G, which are placed in the guides b 12, and have shoulders 11 i to come against the stops 0; x and prevent the valve D. As this bail is attached to thevalve, the

valve is first raised, allowing the Water above the same to run down, and then it is a very easy matter to raise the box.

I am aware that a four-wing valve, used in connection with a box, and having stops at the bottom of each wing is not new; but in said case, as known to me, the box has no guides; hence the valve is liable to tremble or turn about, thereby causing friction and an irregular flow of Water.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the box A, having the grooved guides b b, with stops x :12, and the valve B O, with bail D, and wings G G, having shouldersi t' at the top, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW MOGARTY.

Witnesses:

V. MARSHALL, J. HARNER. 

